"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )